CVE-2024-21488

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-21488
StatePUBLISHED
Assignersnyk
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-01-30 05:15:09 UTC
Updated2026-07-04 16:17:12 UTC
DescriptionVersions of the package network before 0.7.0 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Injection due to use of the child_process exec function without input sanitization. If (attacker-controlled) user input is given to the mac_address_for function of the package, it is possible for the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system that this package is being run on.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-77 | CWE-77 Arbitrary Command Injection

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
3.1CNADECLARED7.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Forkhq Network All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Network affected 0.7.0 semver Not specified
CNA Na Org.webjars.npmnetwork affected * semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ensure valid nic in darwin too · tomas/network@6ec8713 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Remove unneeded require in win32 · tomas/network@72c5232 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Vulnerability found in NPM package - network · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 gist.github.com Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Validate nic name under linux · tomas/network@5599ed6 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Arbitrary Command Injection in network | CVE-2024-21488 | Snyk af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.snyk.io Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-11426552 [email protected] security.snyk.io
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: NodeMedic-FINE (en)

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 997000 NodeJs (Npm) Security Update for network (GHSA-vvh2-82c7-ppfg)
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